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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2233630, member: 56653&quot;]Again with an anepigraphic from Rome, part of that second issue according to. Mr. Ramskold:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]439535[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b> CONSTANTIUS II AE3 18mm 2g (aVF)</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b><br /></b></font></p><p>AV: anepigraphic; laureate, draped, cuirassed bust l.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: CONSTAN/TI•VS/NOB CAES/SMRQ; wreath above.</p><p><br /></p><p>EXE: -</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: RIC VII Rome 284, R3 close to real rarity, another coin with reverse legend TI•VS is recorded by RIC in the footnote for 284 (p.329) and it&#039;s most likely a centering dot and not part of the actual design,&nbsp; <b>July 326AD (as per RIC VII) or early 329AD (as per <a href="http://www.researchgate.net/publication/278128917_Constantine%27s_Vicennalia_and_the_Death_of_Crispus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.researchgate.net/publication/278128917_Constantine%27s_Vicennalia_and_the_Death_of_Crispus" rel="nofollow">L. Ramskold - &quot;Constantine&#039;s Vicennalia and the Death of Crispus&quot;</a> 2012 Nis &amp; Byzantium XI conference).</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><b>Although the head dress of Constantine in this second issue is more complex and in tune with the style of 329 (see OP image as example), the coins minted for his heirs however still have the regular head dress: the laurel diadem. Coins issued in their names as Caesars will only start showing more ornate diadems by the end of Constantine&#039;s reign in 335-337AD.</b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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